Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 03:34:22 +0000 (UCT) From: xsintrk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Power Button Cover wanted.
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Raymond wrote: > > This may be a dumb suggestion (oh wait, its from me, it MUST be a dumb suggestion >;-) ... but have you tried using an old accupoint cover and gluing it in place? >Alternatively, your local electronic hobbyists store may sell switches with suitably >sized actuators that you can cut off and adapt ... I can't quite see the switch >itself in those pics you posted (and I'm not about to try and pull mine apart!) but I >think its a pretty standard enclosed membrane switch so a suitable actuator shouldn't >be too hard to come by. Of course, the thing that bemuses me is how the heck did you >get that button off in the first place? > Its a plastic disc with 4 'fingers' around it, two of them broke from use and glueing it on to the spring looked horrid. > > Looks like a pretty decent setup! ... A few questions if I may ... > 1: How do you get around the problem of the screen going unreadable in bright >sunlight? I notice you don't have any visor or glare shield over the screen. My windows are tinted and if you've ever been in a late model GMC jimmy, it's like a cave already. Rarely does glare become an issue. > 2: How do you get around the heat problem? I'd imagine the airflow around it >wouldn't help much in the heat of summer ... I tore the port replicator apart and placed an aluminum block in it to pull heat off the bottom of the machine. I'll get some photos soon. > 3: Are you powering it through a proper voltage increasing circuit or are you just >jacking it into the car's 13.8v power supply? Had any problems either way? I know I'll catch some flak for this, but I go straight off the vehicles system. I just haven't gotten around to picking up a proper convertor. The voltage is high enough to trigger the charging circuit, so far so good. > 4: I notice your vehicle appears to be an offroad vehicle. Exactly how big is this >rubber pad that you're using for shock isolation and what is the nature of the >mounting? Has it caused any problems yet? I used some rubber pads from a spare fujitsu stylistic hard drive carrier (blue jelly feeling stuff). the goose-neck has a flat pad with 4 bolts that i attached to the bottom of the port replicator with the rubber acting as 'washers'. so far so good. Again, I can get pics later. It works great if you aren't afraid to sacrafice the replicator. > 5: How do you reduce its attractiveness to being stolen?!?! Or isn't the car breakin >rate as much a problem over there? I live in a relatively low-crime area, and have an alarm system. The best part of using the port replicator as a base is the fact that I can just hit the release latch and take the libby with me. :) > Hope all that made sense. -Martin ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
